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What was one major result of the Cuban Revolution of the 1950s?

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The new government embraced communism, hurting relations between the United States and Cuba.

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As a result of European imperialism, which of the following are the primary languages spoken in Latin America today? Italian and French, Italian and German, Spanish and Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese

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Spanish and Portuguese

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Which religion continues to dominate in Latin America today due to the influence of European imperialism?

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Catholicism

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What led Europeans to bring large numbers of African slaves to South America and the Caribbean in the seventeenth century?

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Much of the native population who had provided forced labor for the Europeans died from disease.

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What long-term impact did the Cuban Revolution have on Cuba's economy?

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All trade between the United States and Cuba stopped for over half a century

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How is an autocracy different from a democracy?

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In an autocracy, one person has all of the power. In a democracy, power comes from the citizens.

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In which way are voting rights limited in Cuba? Options: Only the president is directly elected by citizens, Citizens must be over 18 years old to vote, All political candidates come from one political party, Voters are only allowed to vote in national elections

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All political candidates come from one political party

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Which statement correctly describes the process by which a prime minister takes office in a typical parliamentary democracy? Options: Citizens vote for members of parliament who are responsible for selecting the prime minister, Citizens vote directly for the candidate who they wish to be prime minister, Citizens vote for the prime minister from a group of candidates selected by the monarch, Citizens do nothing and the Prime Minister puts himself in office.

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Citizens vote for members of parliament who are responsible for selecting the prime minister

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Which answer choice MOST LIKELY describes the head of a democratic government? Options: a member of a royal family, an appointed military official, a representative elected by the public, a person chosen by religious leaders.

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a representative elected by the public

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One difference between a parliamentary democracy and a presidential democracy is

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the process for choosing the head of government